Port Elliot, Hindmarsh Falls and Victor Harbor

After a restful night, we got up to a bright sunny morning. Hmmm, what's for breakfast? One of the places we checked out yesterday claimed it did good breakfast, so lets check them out.

This is the view from the dining room of "the shack".

A short walk around the headland gave us a view into the ocean where there are a bunch of seals frolicking in the waves.  You might need to zoom in to see them.

The view around to Victor Harbor. It really is a nice morning.

Heading on, tummies rumbling, again down The Strand brought us onto the main street and "Cockles". We ordered a Cockles Breakfast - 2 eggs, a sausage, rashers of bacon, fried tomatos and two thick slices of wholegrain toast - and a serve of "sugar free" fruitloaf - another two thick slices with real butter - which we shared. Finally, to top that off, excellent coffee, which we had a second cup each.

After waddling back "home" after that breakfast, we got in the car and drove all the way to Boomers Beach (about 1km!), where by sheer luck we sighted a whale.

Another image of the whale. It was being rather dull, just floating for a while, then it disappeared for ages.

While waiting for the whale to show up again, the Cockle train heading into Victor Harbor passed by. The steam locos are "unexpectedly undergoing maintenance" so it consisted of a couple of old red hen railcars and another vintage carriage.

Still waiting for some exciting whale action, it started to rain. I guess the whales don't like the wet, as we didn't see it again after then. However, we got a great rainbow. Karen spent quite some time digging at the beach, but there was no pot'o'gold.

The next spot to visit was Hindmarsh Falls, about 13km out of Victor. We arrived and the rain stopped, so we had a nice walk down to the falls on an easy path. Lots of birdlife here - Adelaide Rosellas, Blue Wrens, Honey Eaters and loads of others I don't know what they're called.

Because of the rain, we had quite a nice flow over the falls.

We headed back to Victor for lunch; nothing especially remarkable about it. Then the weather really broke, and it really poured for a while. We mooched around the shops in the main street, and walked to the hobby shop which was closed. It would be good if their web site mentioned their hours.

Once we'd exhausted the shopping options, we went into the Bavarian Cafe and had afternoon tea, and watched the passer-by's umbrellas get turned inside out.

I've never been to The Bluff, so we followed tourist drive 59 up there, where this photo was taken. Yes it really had gone that dark. This is the view in the opposite direction to Victor Harbor.

Dinner tonight was an elaborate affair - 2 pc grilled fish and a minimum of chips from the Pt Elliot Chicken Shop, eaten in the car, overlooking Boomers Beach, until it was dark.